Politics

Conservative radio host Glenn Beck says that "forces of spiritual darkness" at CNN arranged to have Wolf Blitzer ask a atheist tornado survivor if she thanked the Lord as a plot to promote atheism.

Conservative columnist Michelle Malkin on Wednesday asserted that the British people "brought it on themselves" after an apparent terrorist used a meat cleaver to hack a soldier to death in London.

National Journal Editorial Director Ron Fournier on Thursday accused President Barack Obama, who many conservatives believe is secretly a Muslim, of "raising a jihad against the press."

During Wednesday night's episode of "The Daily Show," host Jon Stewart confronted his Fox News frenemy Bill O'Reilly over the intensity of their focus on the Obama administration's recent scandals, asking if there's some kind of "sexual arousal" or "joy" in the Fox offices over the Associated Press spying and IRS scrutiny of tea party groups.

Wednesday night on "The Rachel Maddow Show," host Rachel Maddow questioned conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' assertion that a "weather weapon" deployed by the U.S. government caused the massive tornado that devastated Moore, Oklahoma on Monday. She questioned whether this, at last, would be the thing that proves to be so outlandish as to finally dissuade the members of the Republican Party who have been supporting Jones and advancing his crackpot theories on Capitol Hill.

Police in Philadelphia are hoping that video of a man shooting up a strip club with an AK-47 assault rifle over a DJ's song selection will lead to his arrest.

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Wednesday offered an amendment to the Senate's major farm bill that would allow states to require labels on genetically engineered foods.

Conservative radio host Glenn Beck on Wednesday compared the U.S. government to "rapists" over recent so-called scandals, from the Internal Revenue Service's practice of scrutinizing conservative groups to last year's terrorist attacks in Benghazi.

On Wednesday afternoon, while speaking on the Senate floor, Tea Party darling and freshman Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) declared that he does not trust the Republican leadership to properly handle budget negotiations on the next Congressional showdown regarding the budget ceiling, nor does he trust the Democrats. The contentious arch-conservative senator seemed to go out of his way in his remarks Wednesday to question the judgment of senior Arizona Sen. John McCain (R-AZ).

The Republican nominee for lieutenant governor in Virginia says that he is a Christian and has no reason to apologize for his history against of hate speech against LGBT people, liberals and abortion providers.

An atheist state lawmaker in Arizona invoked astronomer Carl Sagan on Tuesday when he was tasked with giving the opening prayer for the state House of Representatives.